New Guy

Author

Message

Altair29New Guy

Number of posts : 6Reputation : 0Join Date : 2010-11-11Location : CT

Subject: New Guy November 11th 2010, 2:50 pm

Hi, I have recently joined the forums and thought I should introduce myself. I've always loved sharp and pointy objects, much to my family's concern. Only my uncle has a similar interest; guns. So I thank him for my interests as he had given me two bayonets to me when I was 13. I hope to be a member here for a while and hope to start on a Xiphoid soon.

I started the bayonet topic with a couple of selections from my own personal stash,.... and we've had a number of other members upload photos there too.

This website's founder SINZA has a photo posted there of a sweet Nazi German Fireman's Dress Dagger, that was passed on to him as a family heirloom..... and another of our favorite members "jerryk25", has added some pictures of a vintage Springfield bayonet that was carried by his father, when he was a member of the 2nd army's 94th division.

As someone whose actually had a family member give them some classic military steel,.... I'm sure you'll appreciate the photos and stories posted in this thread.( I'm also really curious to see what kind of blades your uncle gave you )....

Shadowhound

.

Altair29New Guy

Number of posts : 6Reputation : 0Join Date : 2010-11-11Location : CT

Subject: Re: New Guy November 13th 2010, 6:21 pm

Thanks, funny after reading that link I took out my bayonets, and wouldn't you know it, I have the very same one as you.

Although I don't "collect" non-folding blades, I have a few.Not counting my Dad's.

I have a nice Japanese bayonet with sun showa stamp, J breaker guard.Another jap bayonet that was customized to a mini katana with longer hilt.a black Mauser bayonet, with a replaced wood handle, I throw it at trees.

I once had a couple "Ersatz bayonets" , made by Germans in WWI as a last ditch effort, they are converted sword blades.

But I traded it for a French spike bayonet with fancy script writing on the spine.And then I traded that bayonet for gun parts, and other things.

I used to have a Chrome Mauser dress bayonet, but I traded it and a replica 1918 brass handled trench knife,I think I got a stag handled hunting knife, and an Arkansas toothpick kit knife.

Also known as a Retractable Forearm Dagger, Xiphoid is a class of weapons with a blade that is retractable into a forearm worn wristband/bracer sheath. Designed for swift and quick surprise attacks. It is notable for being evolved from the Katar and the Pata, punching swords with the blade sitting inline with the users fist..

There's two kinds of people in this world when you boil it all down.
You've got your 'talkers' and you've got your 'doers'.
Most people are just talkers, all they got is talk. But when all is said and done, it's the doers who change this world. And when they do that, they change us. And thats why we never forget them...
So which one are you? Do you just talk about it or do you stand up and do something about it? Because believe you me, all the rest of it is just bullshit.

Statistics

We have 26905 registered usersThe newest registered user is Tetraburst420